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Bill and Hillary Clinton released their tax returns. The paid an effective tax rate of 30.6%, nearly 1/3 of their income in taxes.
Donald Trump paid,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Well, we don't know what, if anything, Trump paid in taxes.
Donald Trump won't show his tax returns to the American people.
Last edited by Goose (8/13/2016 6:07 am)
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There is a reason he will NOT release them !
(He would look even MORE like a schmuck than he currently does)
Last edited by tennyson (8/13/2016 6:29 am)
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Even Mike Pence is releasing his returns.
What are you so afraid of , Donald?
Last edited by Goose (8/14/2016 8:54 am)
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Mark Sanford, GOP congressman and famed disgraced ex-gov of South Carolina, penned a NYT op-ed today asking Trump to release his returns. It was a very well-reasoned column.
The South Carolina congressman, who plans to support his party’s nominee despite his bombastic rhetoric, argued in a New York Times op-ed that “[w]ords come and go,” but his decision not to disclose his tax returns could “reverberate long after the campaign is over.”
“To him, demands that he release his tax returns are just a ploy by his opponents and enemies to undermine his campaign. But that obstinacy will have consequences,” Sanford warned. “Not releasing his tax returns would hurt transparency in our democratic process, and particularly in how voters evaluate the men and women vying to be our leaders. Whether he wins or loses, that is something our country cannot afford.”
Sanford said he will vote for Trump in November — if he keeps his words by releasing his records.
“For one, it’s not really about his tax records per se. It’s about the American public’s ability to see other candidates’ returns,” he explained. “We have a long precedent in which every major-party presidential candidate since I was a child has released his returns. Break it now, and it stays broken.”
Allowing voters to see a candidate’s tax returns is a “central part” of determining who belongs in the Oval Office, Sanford said, adding that the “real issue” goes beyond disclosing tax returns in the presidential race.
“Rather, it’s about the hundreds of down-ballot races, in states and localities, and the transparency voters deserve here, too,” he said, noting that he released his taxes both times he ran for South Carolina governor, a move he said “felt a little like a colonoscopy.”
“The power of staying true to the precedent that had been set prevailed,” he continued. “If presidential candidates won’t release their tax returns, you can expect the same in the states. If a presidential nominee doesn’t do it, why should a candidate for governor?”
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There is NO WAY Trump will release his tax returns.
There are way too many gotchas' in there.